Shoe-nailing device



C. F. ZIEGLER.

SHOE NAILING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1920.

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

. the-following is a specification. 7

' This invention relates to devices for forc- [UNITED STATES CHARLES-r. 'ZIEGLER, or LOS ANGELES, cALIFoRNiA.

Application filedMarch 24, 1920. Seria1 NoL-368A73.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be'it'lrnown that LOHARLES F ZIEGLER, a citizen of'the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in'the county of Los'Angeles and State of California have invented a new and useful Shoe-Nailing Device, of' which ing nails 'throughshoes, boots, slippers, and

other similar articles. One object of this invention a smooth inside while repairing shoes.

Another object is to provide. a device by which nails can be disposed into shoes so as to leave the heads ofsuch nails in the inside of the shoes when using ,nails for uniting 7 parts "of such shoes,'thereby giving a smooth finishto the inside of the shoes.

Another object is to provide a devlceby which-nails can be used inshoes so that the smooth heads of nails come inside of the shoes while thecrimping and clenchlng of thesharp nail points is accomplished out?- side. Another obj ect-is to provideadevice unde which a seam can-be, properly-arranged and r y then so held in'such' arranged manner before a-nail-is disposedsthrough such seam wlth the same device. 7

Another object is V to properly hold and unite materials in a shoe withthe a1d of the I same device.

Especially whenthetop leather slips out from between the inner sole and the outer parts, it is rather hard to bring the top leather back into 'itsproperplace and-hold it there until a nail or. someother means has been forced through the overlapping,

, portions of theseveral parts, since such parts normally overlap very little.

Furthermore, it-isvery lnconvenient to properly insert a nail, and, if forced in from a the'outside, itis normally very unpleasant to the user of such shoes, since the points of Specification of Letters Patent.

' such nails cannot properly SHOE-NAILING DEVICE. I

Patented Mar. 1, 1921.

becrimpe'd and clenchedinslde of the shoe. 1 A e It is now one of the main; objects in view to-providea device which makes it'possible that the several parts can-be properly placed together, then can-be properly held, and then can be properly united. I 7

The device is illustrated in theformiof a tong-like instrument, but it will 'easily'be I i understood that the main principle of the is to furnlsh invention can easily be applied to the mechanism of shoe-sewing machines and similar devices, and thatI do not wish to limit my- PATENT .oFF cs..'-

self tothe particular instrument illustrated in'the drawing as long asthe principle of my invention is used undersimilar conditions as set. forth hereafter.

The two, limbs or members -1 and 2-are jointed at 3 inthe formof tongs. The jaws 4 and-5 are made long enough and of a form to reach into the closest points of shoesso that the jaw points 6 and 7 can easily engage over the narrowest and smallest seam anys where in a shoe. From thepivot- 3 to-the jaw points 6 and? then'naturally must be of such alength that the jaw points will eventually reach into the toe point of ashoe, one aw member reachin lthrough the open ing 1n the shoe engaging from the inside,-

the pivot 3 remaining eventually just-within the opening oftheshoe, while the opposite jaw member reaches fromthe outsideover to near the same point where the jaw points 6 and 7 are toengage overa desired point in, The limbs or members land 2' the shoe. v naturallyv form normally the handle members of thedevice, in such a tong-form, by

which the jaw members canso-be held firmly;

engaged over a certain point of the shoe. A third handle or lever 8 ispivotally engaged at 9v with the handle 2. The lever 81s pro vided with an extension end 10 to which a nail driving member 11 is engaged :as indi made of steel wire, or any other similar suit able material, allowing. the operation of the member as necessary 'inthis device.

The jaw member 4: is illustrated as being hollow and having the nailing member 11 pass through it, butit will easily be undercated at 12. The nail driving member 11 is stood that this is immaterial as long asthe nailing. member'can be held and guided for with a suitable form in its termination to.

receive a concaved orrecessed surface, such recess or concaved form serving to'clench the point of a nail as soon as such a nail touches the opposite jaw.

The operation is now as follows: Supposing the top-leather of a shoe became disengaged from between the inner and outer soles of the shoe, it .is'then naturally important to first get the top leather into its proper place between the other members. This is already no easy matter since the top leather and also the other memberusually become deformed and out of shape, and sometimes even out of proportion one to the other part, so that it becomes absolutely necessary to hold the several parts firmly engaged, or together, or in such suitable relative position,that it is madepossible to get another means as a nail, threads, or other similar material through the several parts as to join or unite them again in their proper relation oneto the other. Leather or other material, used in shoes, becomes easily .1 out of shape, stretched, or otherwise so deformed while disengaged, even if'only for a short time so, as will easily be understood, that it is important to first arrange the 40 several parts, as described above, and then 'hold the several parts so firmly engaged until proper means have been forced through the several parts to keep them so in their proper relative position. g The device, illustrated in the drawing and described above, is'designed to comply with such necessary requirements, as'fwill easily be understood from the illustration and the. above description. The several arranged members of a shoe are firmlyheld between the jaw joints 6 and 7 by the members 1' and 2 while a nail 16"is already disposed within the front end of the jaw-member 4, and, when it appears that'the several parts are in their proper relative position so firmly "engaged between the jaws of the device, the other handle'8 is operated so as to force the nail 16"through the arranged members of the shoe to definitely interlock and hold the the lever or handle 8 forces the nailing member 11 through the jaw 4 against the V nail 16 to force the nail through any material placed between the jaw points 6 and 7, causing at the same time a clenching of ing member.

several parts so engaged. A pressure upon fl when the device is inserted into a shoe,

which very often may have to be done in an inverted manner so that a nail might fall out ifnot so held by the magnetized nailing member 11. I

Having thus described my invention, I: claim:

1. In a device of the classdescribed, a pair of pivoted levers having their front portions formed as jaw-members and their rear portions constitutinghandles for operat-' ing the jaw members,one of said jaw members being hollow, anailing member dis- 85 posed to said hollow j aw-member for shifting movements toward and from the otherjaw member, and means on the handle portions of the levers for operating said nail- I r 9o 2. In a device of the class described, in combination with a'pair'of pivoted levers having their front portions formed as jaw members and their rear portions constituting handles for operating the jaw members, one of said j aw members being hollow; a nailing member disposed to said hollow jaw member for shifting movement toward and from the other jaw member and having means engaging with the handle portions of ahe levers for operating said nalling mem-,

3. Ina device of theclass described having two oppositely arranged jaw members, one of which is hollow and each provided with a handle, a'nailing member operatively disposed in the hollow jaw member for a shifting movementin the direction toward the opposite jaw member, and operating means for the nailing member within the outlines of the jaw member and handles;

l. Ina device of the class described, tongs having'jaw members of a length and form to reach into a shoe to any required point with one of thejaws while'the othe'r'jaw reaches over the outside ofthe shoe opposite the first-named jaw, a nailing means disposed within the front end of one of the jawshaving a magnetized portion for engaging a nail, and operating means for forc ing a nail from the device through material placed between the jaws. I

5. In a device of the class described, tongs having jaw members of a length and form so that one of the jawscan reachinto a shoe to any desired point while the opposite jaw reaches over the outside of the shoe to. a point opposite to the first-named jaw, a nailing member operatively disposed in relation to the aw reaching into the shoe, op- Y erating means for qperating the nailing my invention i have signed my name in the means, means for recelving a Iaail within the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. front portion of the jaw insi e of the'shoe l in front of the nailing member, and means CHARLES ZIEGLER' 5 for crimping and clenching the nail in the W1tnesses:

jaw outside of the shoe. JOHN O. DIEM,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as LOUIS Auen'ros. 

